Global diethanolamine (DEA) prices trended downward in July 2026 amid eased ethylene oxide feedstock costs and sufficient Asian supply, with Northeast Asia spot prices sliding to USD 0.78/kg, a 3.7% month-on-month drop. European DEA saw a steeper 12% price correction to USD 1.32/kg, while only South America posted mild price gains on steady agrochemical buying. China remains the world’s top DEA exporter. Its 2025 DEA exports hit 183,000 tonnes, rising 8.9% year-on-year. Southeast Asia absorbs 41.2% of China’s outbound shipments, followed by South Asia (28.5%) and the Middle East (17.6%). Vietnamese and Indonesian buyers rely heavily on Chinese DEA for gas desulfurization, detergent and personal care raw materials.
Global markets see robust rising demand for monoethanolamine (MEA CAS 141-43-5), a core alkanolamine solvent critical to carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) and natural gas purification industries this quarter.
June 16, 2026 – Marchem China warmly welcomed our valued European client to visit our production factory for an on-site inspection and business communication.
In the personalized and functional driven manufacturing transformation, PVC particles have become an indispensable basic material, and their excellent plasticity is reshaping the logic of product manufacturing. The core competitiveness of Marchem Chemical lies in its ability to customize formulas at the thousand level: by precisely adjusting the proportion of raw materials, it can provide exclusive solutions within 72 hours to meet subtle requirements such as hardness, toughness, weather resistance, flame retardancy, and color, marking a key breakthrough in the manufacturing industry from standardized production to precise customization.
Propylene glycol (PG), a versatile colorless liquid with the formula C₃H₈O₂, is a vital chemical widely used across industries. It serves as a key raw material for unsaturated polyester resins, antifreeze solutions, cosmetics, food additives, and pharmaceutical formulations. Thanks to its low toxicity and excellent solvency, PG has maintained stable global demand in recent years. China has emerged as the world’s leading PG producer and exporter, with capacity expanding steadily to meet both domestic and international needs. In 2024, China’s PG exports reached 249,300 tons, up 21.38% year-on-year, and the growth continued into 2025. The first half of 2025 saw exports hit around 140,000 tons, a 31.09% year-on-year increase.
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